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Wild Rose Escapes Spring Newsletter The Spring is finally here and things have started moving…The house is going up, the sheep have started lambing, our courses are starting and the Narcissi are in bloom. I would love to say we have had a restful winter, but infact it feels like we have hardly stopped. After our … read more…

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Enjoy a relaxing week learning natural dyeing and hand-spinning. Spend time outdoors in the woods, watching Alex hand-shear one of our Shetland sheep and forage for Highland dye plants. Make beautiful natural dyes and dye Shetland fleece a range of stunning colours.Spend a day mid-week in Glen Affric and Plodda falls taking in some of our stunning Highland scenery. The last two days are spent learning to spin with Alison. Learn about the fleece and how to use a wheel to spin your own naturally dyed yarn. Produce your own hank of hand spun wool and have a relaxed and enjoyable time while you do it.Stay in a beautifully converted barn, enjoy home-cooking and a relaxing pace of life, with many lovely walks on your door step. We provide all the workshops, accommodation, meals, transport and transfers. We pick all our guests up from Inverness which can be easily reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe).If you are interested in Escaping get in touch..www.wildrose-escapes.co.uk... See MoreSee Less

Natural Dyeing & Spinning Craft Retreat

June 30, 2018, 5:00pm - July 7, 2018, 10:00am

Enjoy a relaxing week learning natural dyeing and hand-spinning. Spend time outdoors in the woods, watching Alex hand-shear one of our Shetland sheep and forage for Highland dye plants. Make beautiful natural dyes and dye Shetland fleece a range of stunning colours.
Spend a day mid-week in Glen Affric and Plodda falls taking in some of our stunning Highland scenery.
The last two days are spent learning to spin with Alison. Learn about the fleece and how to use a wheel to spin your own naturally dyed yarn. Produce your own hank of hand spun wool and have a relaxed and enjoyable time while you do it.
Stay in a beautifully converted barn, enjoy home-cooking and a relaxing pace of life, with many lovely walks on your door step.
We provide all the workshops, accommodation, meals, transport and transfers. We pick all our guests up from Inverness which can be easily reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe).
If you are interested in Escaping get in touch..
www.wildrose-escapes.co.uk

Learn to felt using naturally dyed fleece. Create a beautiful wall-hanging, bag, scarf or other smaller items using Shetland fleece from our own small flock of sheep. All the fleece we use has been dyed naturally using plant dyes. Wet felt a piece and then create beautiful details with needle felting. The workshop includes lunch on both days. Stay in the woods in the yurt or stay locally at the campsite or one of the many B&B's. We are based in a beautiful woodland, on the edge of Glen Affric, in the Highlands of Scotland. Inverness can be reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe). ... See MoreSee Less

Felting workshop using naturally dyed fleece

April 21, 2018, 10:00am - April 22, 2018, 4:00pm

Learn to felt using naturally dyed fleece. Create a beautiful wall-hanging, bag, scarf or other smaller items using Shetland fleece from our own small flock of sheep. All the fleece we use has been dyed naturally using plant dyes. Wet felt a piece and then create beautiful details with needle felting. The workshop includes lunch on both days. Stay in the woods in the yurt or stay locally at the campsite or one of the many B&B's.
We are based in a beautiful woodland, on the edge of Glen Affric, in the Highlands of Scotland. Inverness can be reached by bus, train or plane (Easyjet, Flybe).